kwin-4.10.1 contains a workaround for IvyBridge, but SandyBridge suffers from this, too. Mesa report: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61554 kde bug report: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313613
Created attachment 343395 [details] add workaround also for SandyBridge
Where do you get the information that SandyBridge is also affected? I can't find it... Anyway, not a regression, so no stable blocker.
I get that information from my eyes ;) I have a SandyBridge CPU (i7 2600K with HD3000) and present windows is hardly usable: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317427 Also affected are several Task Switchers like Grid, Present Windows Clone or also the (IMHO default) Thumbnails.
SandyBridge is mentioned in the upstream bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61554#c13
KDE upstream indicated that they are not interested in restricting SandyBridge, but say that the underlying issue has been fixed by mesa upstream.
fixed in mesa-9.1.2